A COUPLE has been slammed online for setting up a page to raise almost $10,000 to pay for their dream Italian wedding.

British pair Hannah Louise Miell and Jack Dudley asked the public to cough up thousands so they could get married abroad in the ceremony of a lifetime in Ravello, near Italy’s Amalfi Coast, The Sun reported.

But their GoFundMe page was taken down just four days after it was set up on September 8 and they only managed to raise $91 after a deluge of comments mocking their efforts.

Ms Miell, who works for an animal charity, explained how tough it was when Mr Dudley was away at sea as a Royal Navy submarine chef.

She wrote of her “intense admiration” for her “incredibly selfless” partner after he volunteered to serve in Afghanistan in 2012.

He helped her get through depression to become medication free, according to her spiel on the page.

The couple’s controversial post, in which they asked the public’s help to raise $9935. Picture: GoFundMeSource:Supplied

Signing off the post, the couple wrote: “We don’t have the money to be able to afford such a wedding which is where we need your help.

“Please give what you can, your support means the world to us and will make a huge difference.

“We hope we can achieve our dreams and share a once in a lifetime experience with our family.”

The couple initially took the banter in their stride and happily messaged back their critics as hundreds of comments poured in.

But the page was eventually removed when it generated more than 500 responses from being shared on a military Facebook page.

They were accused of “having more neck than ET”, while one person advised them to “try saving like the rest of humanity”.

Another said: “Surely this is a joke? How about the millions of other people who would just like to be able to afford to rent together make a home together, pay their bills.”

One person wrote: “Save up like normal people. This is absolutely disgusting, millions of people out there with nothing.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.